Lippe
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{{Infobox German district
|name=Lippe
|state=North Rhine-Westphalia
|capital=[[Detmold]]
|regierungsbezirk=[[Detmold (region)|Detmold]]
|area=1,246.398
|population=359.192
|population_as_of=31/12/2006
|density=288
|carsign=LIP
|url=http://www.lippe.de
|map=North_rhine_w_lip.png
}}
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''This article is about the district '''Lippe'''. For the like-named river see [[Lippe River]]. For the historic country see [[Principality of Lippe]]''
'''Lippe''' ({{IPA2|ˈlɪpə}}) is a ''Kreis'' ([[Districts of Germany|district]]) in the east of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. Neighboring districts are [[Herford (district)|Herford]], [[Minden-Lübbecke]], [[Schaumburg]], [[Hameln-Pyrmont]], [[Holzminden (district)|Holzminden]], [[Höxter (district)|Höxter]], [[Paderborn (district)|Paderborn]], [[Gütersloh (district)|Gütersloh]], and district-free [[Bielefeld]].
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The district of [[Lippe]] is named after the Lords of Lippe and their [[Principality of Lippe]]. It was a state within the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and today is a district of North Rhine-Westphalia.
== History ==
The Lippe district nearly covers the same area as the historic country Lippe. The first mention of this country was in [[1123]] and which grew in power slowly in the following centuries. In [[1528]] it became a county, in [[1789]] it was elevated to a principality.
Unlike many other countries of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in the area Lippe kept its independence in the Napoleonic times, and thus wasn't incorporated into [[Prussia]] afterwards. It was one of the smaller member states of the German empire.
The [[Lippe Detmold Question]] arose in March 1895 upon the death of Prince Woldemar and took several years to resolve.
The last prince of Lippe was forced to abdicate in [[1918]] after the end of [[World War I]] when Germany became a republic, his country became a ''Freistaat'' in the German republic. In [[1932]] the state was subdivided into two districts, Detmold and Lemgo. These continued to exist when in [[1947]] Lippe lost its status as a state of Germany and by order of the British military government was incorporated into the new federal state [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]; in [[1949]] it was approved by the parliament. In [[1969]]/[[1970|70]] the 168 cities and municipalities were merged to 16; and as the second part of the administrative reform in [[1973]] the two districts Lemgo and Detmold were merged to the district Lippe.
== Geography ==
The Lippe district covers the northern part of the [[Teutoburg Forest]], which also contain the highest elevation of the district, the 496 meter high ''Köterberg'' near [[Lügde]]. The lowest elevation is at the [[Weser]] river with 45.5 m. The main river is the Werre, and at the northern border of the district the [[Weser]].
== Coat of arms ==
{|
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||[[Image:Kreiswappen des Kreises Lippe.png|180px|Coat of arms]]
||The coat of arms show the traditional symbol of the state of Lippe, the rose, as the district covers nearly the same area as the historic country. In the middle of the rose 16 [[stamen]]s symbolize the 16 cities and municipalities of the district. The coat of arms was granted in [[1973]].
Despite the relatively small size of Lippe, the Lippish rose is also one of only three symbols included in the coat of arms of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
|}
==Towns and municipalities==
{|
!align=left width=50%|Towns
!align=left width=50%|Municipalities
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||
#[[Bad Salzuflen]]
#[[Barntrup]]
#[[Blomberg]]
#[[Detmold]]
#[[Horn-Bad Meinberg]]
#[[Lage]]
#[[Lemgo]]
#[[Lügde]]
#[[Oerlinghausen]]
#[[Schieder-Schwalenberg]]
||
#[[Augustdorf]]
#[[Dörentrup]]
#[[Extertal]]
#[[Kalletal]]
#[[Leopoldshöhe]]
#[[Schlangen]]
|}
==Culinary Art==
The most famous dish served in Lippe is the [[Pickert]]. In the past it was known as a meal for poor people. The main ingredients are potatoes, flour and raisins.
==External links==
*[http://www.lippe.de Official website] (German)
*[http://www.lwl.org/westfaelische-geschichte/portal/Internet/ku.php?tab=pro&ID=40 Ordinances and by-laws of the county of Lippe online]
*[http://www.lwl.org/westfaelische-geschichte/portal/Internet/ku.php?tab=que&ID=1 Guidelines for the integration of the Land Lippe within the territory of the federal state North-Rhine-Westphalia of 17th January 1947]
*{{CathEncy|wstitle=Lippe}} - Religious history of Lippe from the Reformation until the early twentieth century
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